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24 the [a]commander ordered him to be brought into (A)the barracks, stating that he should be (B)examined by flogging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way. 25 But when they stretched him out [b]with leather straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it [c]lawful for you to flog (C)a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?” 26 And when the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported to him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:24 Military leader over 1,000 soldiers
  2. Acts 22:25 Or for the whip
  3. Acts 22:25 Interrogation by torture was a procedure used with slaves